@radiobrendan In terms of little escapes from Bogotá, generally speaking, we prefer to hit for one of the many lower-lying, warmer locations dotted all around the metropolis. This is even more so the case when the capital city is going through one of its somewhat depressingly...
@radiobrendan It tends to be the case that going green is one of the last things countries concern themselves with on the route to ‘development’. Environmental issues are usually an afterthought as states strive to boost their economies. This can be particularly...
@radiobrendan Regular readers of this blog (stop it, there are a couple) will know I’m generally happiest when on the move. That tends to mean travelling, but it can also refer to feeling busy, having lots to do from a ‘fulfilling’ work point of view. On that...
@radiobrendan Oh what exciting times we have in Colombia. Election fever is in the air. In early March we’ve the curtain-raiser, the congress ‘deciders’. Then in May the big one gets under way, the first round of the presidential contest. For the record, a...
@radiobrendan Broadly speaking, there are two types of travellers: Those who do some sort of planning, research if you will, before getting to their destination; and those who just rock up to a place, a kind of ‘see what happens’ approach. These days, I tend to find...
@radiobrendan The last week in Bogotá saw a fair amount of uproar — and traffic disruption — following the decision by city authorities to ban motorcyclists from having male pillion passengers. The measure, which applies to only certain sectors of the metropolis, is...
@radiobrendan It’s safe to assume that most foreigners, especially those from the West, who come to Colombia on a whim don’t arrive with the expectation to make money here. That is to say, those who come not having work already lined up with a decent paying...
@radiobrendan «What?! You were in Cali for its famous end-of-year festival and you didn’t go to it. Madness!» That’s pretty much how most view our (three like-minded Irishmen that is) non-attendance at any of the Cali festival events during our recent visit there....
@radiobrendan ‘Manizales, el mejor vividero del país.’ So runs the slogan on the city’s tourist map. It basically means it’s the best place to live in Colombia. It’s a bit of a statement to make in a land that has an abundance of natural beauty...
@radiobrendan Atheism can offer us alternative ‘comforts’ to religion. We just have to look a little harder to find them. It wasn’t quite billed as a clash of titans, religion versus science, but with the Rocky walk-on music it hinted that we might be in for...
